WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday shot down prospects for major parts of President Donald Trump’s budget, rejecting proposed cuts to foreign aid and medical research. “Every president sends up a budget, and with all due respect to the current president, I can’t recall any time in which we have been sort […]
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Senate committee OKs Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser
WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s shift to the White House to be President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. The 23-2 vote came after McMaster met with committee members for nearly two hours behind closed doors to discuss his move from a military assignment to […]
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Senate confirms Mick Mulvaney as Office of Management and Budget chief
Mick Mulvaney, who has focused his Washington career on driving down federal spending — even at the risk of shutting down the government and defaulting on the debt — won confirmation Thursday as President Donald Trump’s budget chief. The Senate’s 51-49 vote to put the South Carolina congressman in charge of the Office of Management […]